A micromechanics-based nonlocal constitutive equation for elastic composites containing randomly oriented spheroidal heterogeneities

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 359-393

  Monetto, Ilaria ^a   Drugan, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive behavior; Inhomogeneous material; Nonlocal constitutive equations; Voids and inclusions

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; INCLUSIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REINFORCEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN; STRESSES; VOLUME FRACTION;

NONLOCAL CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS (RVE);

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 0346154866     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(03)00103-0     Document Type: Article

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